Nombre en español: Periquito de Santa Marta Nombre en ingles: Santa Marta Parakeet Nombre científico: Pyrrhura viridicata Familia: Psittacidae La cotorra de Santa Marta o periquito serrano (Pyrrhura viridicata) es una especie de ave psitaciforme de la familia Psittacidae, endémica de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. Hábitat La cotorra de Santa Marta vive en el bosque de niebla, el bosque húmedo, bordes del bosque y potreros arbolados, en elevaciones entre […]
Okay, we decided to cancel our previous post after House of Heart’s post about birds. As we’ve really wanted to do a post about the cockatoo. Thusly, we scrawled this all out over the last 20 minutes. Over the last few months we’ve become rather fascinated by their intelligent, if weird, behaviour. So let’s have […]
via Cockatoos: Quirky Sorts With an Anarchic Streak — Professional Moron
Nombre en español: Lora Festiva Nombre en ingles: Festive Parrot Nombre científico: Amazona festiva Familia: Psittacidae Foto: Carlos Martinez/Nick Athanas/Jaime Andres Herrera Canto: Peter Boesman La amazona de lomo rojo (Amazona festiva) es una especie de cotorra ampliamente distribuida por América del Sur. Puebla las selvas de Brasil (donde se le llama papa-cacau), Perú, Colombia, Ecuador y Venezuela. Esta Amazona habita en zonas inundables como las selvas de Várzea. Generalmente […]
via Lora Festiva/Festive Parrot/Amazona festiva — Birds Colombia: 901 especies hoy #UnAvePorDía
I think Pionus parrots have the most beautifully expressive eyes, so bright and full of inquisitiveness and mischief.
Then there’s the headless parrot of Otter Lake pose… Halloween is coming after all 🙂
A group of Sulphur-crested Cockatoos gathered on the mud amidst the mangrove stalks at Bobbin Head: It’s the first time I’ve been to Bobbin Head. I started with the Mangrove Boardwalk and also walked part of the Gibberagong Track, which follows on from the boardwalk. This is the sign at the start of the Mangrove […]
via Sulphur-crested Cockatoos at Bobbin Head — Birds in Sydney
Keito, female Blue Headed Pionus.
Nombre en español: Periquito Barrado Nombre en ingles: Barred Parakeet Nombre científico: Bolborhynchus lineola Familia: Psittacidae Foto: Daniel Orozco Canto: Andrew Spencer El perico barreteado, catita barrada o cinarero, también conocido como la catita lineada o perico rayado (Bolborhynchus lineola) es una especie de ave de la familia de los loros (Psittacidae) originaria del sur de México, Costa Rica, Panamá, el noroeste de Colombia, Venezuela, los Andes del Perú y el centro de Bolivia. Su hábitat comprende bosques y montañas a […]
via Periquito Barrado/Barred Parakeet/Bolborhynchus lineola — Birds Colombia: 815 especies hoy
F/11.0, 1/500, ISO 320. Hispaniolan Amazon Parrot What did the cat say after eating two robins lying in the sun? I just love baskin’ robins. Interesting Fact: As with other amazons, it prefers forested areas where food is plentiful. This parrot lives in the wood forests in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. However over the recent […]
Two Sulphur-crested Cockatoos were very busy cleaning out a hollow in a tree trunk when I walked past them today. The tree is in Manly Dam National Park. I often see cockatoos strutting up and down this tree trunk, raising their crests and squawking, and flying from tree to tree. The area is where they […]
